ROSLYNN R. MAUSKOPF, United States Attorney for the Eastern District
of New York, and JOHN P. GILBRIDE, Special Agent-in-Charge, Drug Enforcement
Administration, New York Field Division, announced the filing of a consent
judgment against ALFREDO DAOS, a medical doctor, under which he agreed
to pay a penalty of $10,000 and to cease writing prescriptions for controlled
substances unless he first examines the patient on the prescription.

The consent judgment was approved by United States District Judge Leonard
D. Wexler at the U. S. Courthouse, in Central Islip, New York.

DAOS entered into the consent judgment to settle a civil action brought
against him by the United States for violation of the Controlled Substances
Act. The government's complaint alleged that DAOS violated the Act by
writing a total of nine prescriptions for vicodin during the period July
2000 through October 2001, for a person he had neither met nor examined.

Vicodin, a painkiller, is regulated as a controlled substance under the
federal Controlled Substances Act. Pursuant to that Act, an individual
can legally obtain vicodin only through a prescription issued by a medical
professional, such as a doctor. The medical professional is permitted
to write the prescription only if he or she is acting in the usual course
of professional practice, which includes monitoring those who take vicodin.
DAOS violated the Act by writing prescriptions for a person he had not
seen or examined.

"We will continue to vigorously investigate and prosecute allegations
of illegal sale or misuse of prescription controlled substances," stated
United States Attorney MAUSKOPF. "This case is one of several brought
by our office to stop the practice by certain doctors of prescribing controlled
substances without conducting a proper examination. This practice is particularly
disturbing because doctors have violated their oaths and the public trust
by writing these prescriptions."

DEA Special Agent-in-Charge GILBRIDE stated, "The Drug Enforcement Administration
remains committed to investigating those medical professionals who recklessly
abuse their authority by providing powerful painkillers without conducting
proper examinations. When one out of every ten high school seniors reports
abusing powerful prescription painkillers, to do otherwise would not be
in the best interest of the public."

The government's case was prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney
Elliot M. Schachner

The Defendant:

ALFREDO DAOS157 Long Beach BoulevardLong Beach, NY

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